Editing Isle of Wight (section)

===Industry and agriculture===
[[File:Newpark Farm Isle of Wight - geograph.org.uk - 70847.jpg|thumb|Fields on the island with the coast of Great Britain in the background]]
The largest industry on the island is tourism, but it also has a significant agriculture  including [[sheep farming|sheep]], [[dairy farming]] and arable [[crop]]s. Traditional agricultural commodities are more difficult to market off the island because of transport costs, but local farmers have succeeded in exploiting some specialist markets, with the higher price of such products absorbing the transport costs. One of the most successful agricultural sectors is now the growing of crops under cover, particularly salad crops including [[tomato]]es and [[cucumber]]s. The island has a warmer climate and a longer growing season than much of the United Kingdom. [[Garlic]] has been grown in [[Newchurch, Isle of Wight|Newchurch]] for many years, and is, in part, exported to France. This has led to the establishment of an annual [[Isle of Wight Garlic Festival|Garlic Festival]] at Newchurch, which is one of the largest events of the local calendar.

A favourable climate supports two [[vineyard]]s, including one of the oldest in the [[British Isles]] at [[Adgestone]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.english-wine.co.uk/ |title=Wine for Sale – Vineyard Tours, Isle of Wight |publisher=English Wine |access-date=25 September 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100718094504/http://www.english-wine.co.uk/ |archive-date=18 July 2010  }}</ref> [[Lavender]] is grown for its oil.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.lavender.co.uk/ |title=Isle of Wight lavender farm, lavender products, lavender plants, teas |publisher=Lavender.co.uk |access-date=25 September 2010}}</ref> The largest agricultural sector has been dairying, but due to low milk prices and strict legislation for UK milk producers, the dairy industry has been in decline: there were nearly 150 producers in the mid-1980s, but now just 24.{{when|date=May 2022}}

Maritime industries, especially the making of [[sailcloth]] and [[boat building]], have long been associated with the island, although this has diminished in recent years. [[GKN plc|GKN]] operates what began as the [[British Hovercraft Corporation]], a subsidiary of (and known latterly as) [[Westland Aircraft]], although they have reduced the extent of plant and workforce and sold the main site. Previously it had been the independent company [[Saunders-Roe]], one of the island's most notable historic firms that produced many [[flying boats]] and the world's first [[hovercraft]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.bartiesworld.co.uk/hovercraft/saunders.htm | access-date=28 November 2016 | title=Saunders-Roe/Westland Aircraft/British Hovercraft Corporation | author=Antony Barton}}</ref>

Another manufacturing activity is in [[composite material]]s, used by boat-builders and the [[wind turbine]] manufacturer [[Vestas]], which has a wind turbine blade factory and testing facilities in [[Newport, Isle of Wight|West Medina Mills]] and [[East Cowes]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-hampshire-31145066|title=Isle of Wight wind turbine firm Vestas creates 200 jobs|date=5 February 2015|newspaper=BBC News|language=en-GB|access-date=18 September 2016}}</ref>

[[Bembridge Airport|Bembridge Airfield]] is the home of [[Britten-Norman]], manufacturers of the [[Britten-Norman Islander|Islander]] and [[Britten-Norman Trislander|Trislander]] aircraft. This is shortly{{when|date=July 2018}} to become the site of the European assembly line for [[Cirrus Design|Cirrus]] light aircraft. The Norman Aeroplane Company is a smaller aircraft manufacturing company operating in [[Sandown]]. There have been three other firms that built planes on the island.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://daveg4otu.tripod.com/iowweb/iow.html |title=A list of aircraft and airplane manufacturers as well as airfields on the Isle of Wight |publisher=Daveg4otu.tripod.com |access-date=25 September 2010}}</ref>

In 2005, Northern Petroleum began exploratory drilling for [[petroleum|oil]] at its Sandhills-2 borehole at [[Porchfield]], but ceased operations in October that year after failing to find significant reserves.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.southampton.ac.uk/~imw/Petroleum-South-Portland-Wight-Basin.htm | title=Petroleum Geology – South of England: The Portland – Isle of Wight Offshore Basin | publisher=Southampton University | author=Ian West | access-date=28 November 2016 | date=2016}}</ref>

====Breweries====
There are three [[Brewery|breweries]] on the island. Goddards Brewery in [[Ryde]] opened in 1993.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.goddards-brewery.co.uk/aboutus.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20010309182704/http://www.goddards-brewery.co.uk/aboutus.htm |url-status=dead |archive-date= 9 March 2001 |title=about us |publisher=Goddards-brewery.co.uk |access-date=25 September 2010 }}</ref> David Yates, who was head brewer of the Island Brewery, started brewing as Yates Brewery at the Inn at [[St Lawrence, Isle of Wight|St Lawrence]] in 2000.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.yates-brewery.co.uk/ |title=Yates' Brewery |publisher=Yates-brewery.co.uk |access-date=25 September 2010}}</ref> Ventnor Brewery, which closed in 2009, was the last incarnation of [[Burt's Brewery]], brewing since the 1840s in [[Ventnor]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ventnorbrewery.co.uk/1840.html|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20081005175720/http://www.ventnorbrewery.co.uk/1840.html|url-status=dead|title=Ventnor Brewery :: Since 1840|archivedate=5 October 2008|website=www.ventnorbrewery.co.uk}}</ref> Until the 1960s most pubs were owned by [[Mews]] Brewery, situated in Newport near [[Newport railway station (IoWCR)|the old railway station]], but it closed and the pubs were taken over by Strong's, and then by [[Whitbread]]. By some accounts Mews beer was apt to be rather cloudy and dark. In the 19th century they pioneered the use of [[screw top]] cans for export to [[British India]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.invectis.co.uk/iow/pub_iw.htm |title=Isle of Wight Nostalgia|access-date=17 May 2016}}</ref>